Stu Evans Post-Pro Stock Superbowl Report

Stu Evans Motorsports
Ford Probe Pro Stock Team
Victory in Pro Stock Superbowl and Runs of 6.62 and 6.60 Have the Evans
and Holbrook Team Pointed in the Right Direction
GARDEN CITY, Mich. -- Spectacular weather and a superbly groomed ...

Stu Evans Motorsports
Ford Probe Pro Stock Team

Victory in Pro Stock Superbowl and Runs of 6.62 and 6.60 Have the Evans
and Holbrook Team Pointed in the Right Direction

With the team's eyes set on the goal of a 1-2 finish in the 1999 IHRA Pro
Stock championship, the results from this first official test and tune
event of the 1999 season have certainly fired a shot across the collective
bows of the competition.

During Saturday's sessions, Stewart Evans recorded an ultra-quick 6.626 at
208.67-mph pass. At the time, the quickest IHRA Pro Stock run ever
recorded.

The IHRA Pro Stock final saw the two Stu Evans Ford Credit Ford Probes
racing each other, with Evans beating his teammate Holbrook on a hole
shot.

Then, during a testing session early on Sunday morning, Evans kicked it up
a notch. On his first pass of the day, the 22 year-old driver stopped the
clocks in 6.600 seconds with a speed of 209.74! The quickest IHRA Pro
Stock run ever recorded.

Both Saturday's and Sunday's passes were better than the existing IHRA Pro
Stock ET record of 6.646. Ironically, it is Evans' teammate Chris
Holbrook who holds the speed record (209.23 mph) set in 1998.

"We came here with a focus on improving our ET and miles-per-hour over
last year," said Evans. "It looks like we're headed in the right
direction.

"Winning in Houston was a great way to start the season for the team and
our sponsor, Ford Credit. With both cars in the final round, this is just
a hint of things to come."

His teammate Holbrook echoed those sentiments. "Even with the problems we
had on Sunday with a dropped valve and a broken clutch linkage, we both
ended up in the finals. I can tell you this, you'll be seeing a lot more
of the Stu Evans Ford Credit Pro Stock Probes racing side by side in the
finals this year."

Crew Chief Butch Petersen added, "It was a very interesting weekend, to
say the least. Both cars performed just about as we expected. We're still
working on the tune-up. But I've got to admit, I leave Houston with a
smile on my face."

Next stop for the duo of Evans and Holbrook is the third annual Majesty
Homes Groundhog Warm-Up at Darlington International Dragway in Darlington,
S.C. February 17 - 20, the final testing event before the start of the
1999 IHRA Snap-on Tools Drag Racing season.